Labeling
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Board of Pharmacy - Accessible Prescription Labels, Bag Tags, and Medical Guides for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print Disabled Individuals - Regulations [HB-456]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations necessary to ensure that individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled have appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides; requiring the Board to give visually impaired individuals an opportunity to comment on the regulations; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report by December 1, 2023, to the General Assembly on the implementation process for providing accessible labels for visually impaired persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 280 on 05/03/2023
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Hemp. [HB-1424]
[Agriculture ]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii grown hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine Nakamura
Reported From Agr (stand. Com. Rep. No. 545) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Cpc. on 02/16/2023
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Hemp. [HB-1359]
[Agriculture ]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Repeals redundant regulations on hemp production to reduce costs for the State and Hawaii farmers. Amends the hemp law in a manner that recognizes the unique constraints of Hawaii farmers, while protecting human health. Allows licensed hemp producers to sell hemp biomass. Requires transparency in labeling of hemp products to identify the percentage of Hawaiigrown hemp or hemp from outside the State in all hemp products. Establishes the Hawaii Hemp Task Force. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to hire a hemp consultant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Became Law Without The Governor's Signature, Act 263, 07/11/2023, (gov. Msg. No. 1377). on 07/12/2023
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)
Opioids; containers; labeling; requirements; repeal [SB-1254]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Opioids; containers; labeling; requirements; repeal
Sponsored by: Sen. Sonny Borrelli
House Third Reading Failed Voting: (20-38-1-0) on 05/15/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-342]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register and pay a certain annual registration fee to the Department of the Environment; establishing certain minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition [SB-259]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Providing that certain licenses to manufacture, sell, buy, and store cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices do not authorize the licensee to manufacture, ship, import, or sell into or within the State a flavored tobacco product with a taste or smell of fruit, mint, candy, or other nontobacco flavors; providing that a public statement that cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices have or produce a certain smell or taste is presumptive evidence that they are flavored tobacco products; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment - Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment and Producer Responsibility for Packaging Materials [HB-284]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Altering the definition of "organics recycling" to include the processing of certain compostable packaging materials; establishing a producer responsibility advisory council to provide advice and make recommendations regarding establishing a producer responsibility program for packaging materials and to report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to procure a statewide recycling needs assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment - Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment and Producer Responsibility for Packaging Materials [SB-222]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definition of "organics recycling" to include the processing of certain compostable packaging materials in a certain manner; requiring the Department of the Environment to approve a single producer responsibility organization to represent the interests of producers by October 1, 2023; establishing a producer responsibility advisory council to provide advice and make recommendations regarding establishing and implementing a producer responsibility program in the State for packaging materials; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 465 on 05/08/2023
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Hemp. [SB-516]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products. Allows the use of the term "All Hawaiian" for hemp products in which one hundred per cent of the hemp is grown and processed in the State. (CD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Received Notice Of Final Reading (sen. Com. No. 993). on 05/02/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Retail Sales - Return and Exchange Policy (Right to Refund Information Act) [SB-179]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring, before the completion of certain retail sales transactions, that merchants provide to consumers notice of the merchants' refund and exchange policies or policies of no refunds or exchanges by conspicuously displaying a certain notice; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, deceptive, or abusive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2023
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)
Food preparation; sale; cottage food [HB-2509]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Food preparation; sale; cottage food
Sponsored by: Rep. Travis Grantham
House Override Governor's Veto on 04/25/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment – Products and Packaging – Labeling, Marketing, and Advertising for Recycling [HB-31]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
Altering certain plastic resin labeling requirements for rigid plastic containers and plastic bottles to require the "chasing arrows" symbol; altering the capacity of the plastic bottles to which the plastic resin labeling requirements apply; establishing plastic resin labeling requirements for plastic bags; prohibiting the display of a certain symbol on plastic bags, plastic bottles, and rigid plastic containers if the bags, bottles, and containers do not meet certain requirements; prohibiting certain environmental marketing claims; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis - Legalization and Regulation (Cannabis Legalization and Equity Act) [HB-1342]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Legalizing the possession and use of a certain amount of cannabis by a person of at least a certain age; providing for expungement of records, dismissal of charges, and commutation of sentences in certain cases involving cannabis-related charges; providing for a system of regulation of the sale of cannabis by the Maryland Department of Health and local jurisdictions; and providing for the taxation of the sale of cannabis in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic and Glass Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-1239]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic and glass products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic and glass products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register and pay an annual registration fee of $1,000 to the Department of the Environment; establishing certain minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform [SB-833]
[Cannabis ]
[Small Business ]
[Crime ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State; establishing the Cannabis Business Assistance Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to small, minority, and women-owned businesses entering the adult-use cannabis industry; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain marijuana-related offenses; legalizing the use and possession of marijuana under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (29-17) on 04/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis – Legalization and Regulation (Cannabis Legalization and Reparations for the War on Drugs Act) [SB-692]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Legalizing the use and possession of a certain amount of cannabis by an individual who is at least 21 years of age; providing for the clearing of criminal records and disposition of certain charges relating to the use and possession of cannabis; and establishing a system for the regulation and taxation of the market for the production and sale of cannabis in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment – Products and Packaging – Labeling, Marketing, and Advertising for Recycling [HB-700]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Public Health ]
Altering certain plastic resin labeling requirements for rigid plastic containers and plastic bottles; prohibiting the display of a certain symbol on rigid plastic containers and plastic bottles if the containers and bottles do not meet certain requirements; prohibiting a person from making certain environmental marketing claims; prohibiting a person from offering for sale, selling, distributing, or importing into the State any product or packaging labeled with or depicting certain environmental marketing claims; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/18 At 11:00 A.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/04/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Safety - Consumer and Display Fireworks [HB-560]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person who is at least 18 years old and meets certain requirements to purchase, possess, and use certain consumer fireworks; prohibiting a person from intentionally igniting or discharging certain consumer fireworks in certain circumstances; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Kratom. [SB-3307]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes certain disclosure and labelling requirements for food, products, and dietary supplements containing kratom. Prohibits the distribution and sale of kratom products to minors. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Effective 1/1/2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi
Referred To Hth/cpn, Jdc. on 01/28/2022
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Kratom. [HB-2356]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes certain disclosure and labelling requirements for food, products, and dietary supplements containing kratom. Prohibits the distribution and sale of kratom products to minors. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Effective 1/1/2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Saiki
Referred To Hhh, Cpc, Jha, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/28/2022